Becker's Healthcare March 12, 2020
In just the last six months, amid rising concerns over Google’s data-sharing partnerships with hospitals and health systems, sister company Verily has struck several partnerships of its own with health systems across the U.S.
Since October, Verily, the life sciences arm of Alphabet, has partnered with the VA Palo Alto (Calif.) Health Care System and Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health to use data to address major population health issues; with Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health to use data to support the health and independence of senior citizens; and with Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare to use data to make medication and lab ordering more efficient and cost-effective.
Leaders from Verily, Atrius Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health shared with Becker’s not only...